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1. |
Everything and Nothing
03:38
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You stay stone cold for comfort
You shimmy and you shake. You polish up your favorite lines
You’re not looking for trouble
Just some flame to kiss goodnight
To kiss goodnight
Oh it’s nothing that you’d die for
Oh it’s barely what you want
You preen and you pick. You’re queen in an instant
There’s no one but yourself but good is good enough
You stay stone cold for comfort
You shimmy and you shake. You polish up your favorite lines
You’re not looking for trouble
Just some flame to kiss goodnight
To kiss goodnight
To kiss goodnight
Oh it’s everything and nothing
Oh it’s all of the above
There’s nothing in your head. There’s nothing in the water
It’s nothing much and nothing’s ever going to change
You stay stone cold for comfort
You shimmy and you shake.
You polish up your favorite lines
You’re not looking for trouble
Just some flame to kiss goodnight
To kiss goodnight
To kiss goodnight
To kiss goodnight
To kiss goodnight
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2. |
Dreaming Lately
03:55
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I wanna wake up and follow the sun
I wanna take off, leave it all in the dust
I'm dreaming lately
I'm dreaming lately
It's hard to cut through the web of lies
Backed against a golden fence
Praying to a suit and tie
First things first what’s in the plan
Be a big strong man
It's only a matter of time
I wanna wake up and follow the sun
I wanna take off, leave it all in the dust
I’m dreaming lately
I’m dreaming lately
One hundred eighty
I’m gonna turn things around
My mind it left me
Stranded up in the clouds
I'm dreaming lately
I'm dreaming lately
Well I can't seem to find my way
Been listening, to the howling wind
Soon it will blow me away
On second thought it's not my element
So discontent
Trying to make my escape
I’m falling in I’m falling out
I wanna wake up and follow the sun
I wanna take off, leave it all in the dust
I’m dreaming lately
I’m dreaming lately
One hundred eighty
I’m gonna turn things around
My mind it left me
Stranded up in the clouds
I'm dreaming lately
I'm dreaming lately
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3. |
The Sermon
03:37
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I know the sermon, but I'm feeling so deserted
Ever since you threw our love away
Try to forget but I just can't kick it
Even the high road has its limit
Cadillac with a fast attack
Flick the cigarette out the back
Loud dreams, quiet means
Crying with the evergreens
Turn attention to obsession
Heartache with no direction
I know the sermon, but I'm feeling so deserted
Ever since you threw our love away
Try to forget but I just can't kick it
Even the high road has its limit
Hit the crossroads at a higher speeds
Out of Dodge on my hands and knees
Keep doing the same I keep doing the same
Each prayer feels more insane
I keep waiting I keep waiting
I keep waiting on you
I know the sermon, but I'm feeling so deserted
Ever since you threw our love away
Try to forget but I just can't kick it
Even the high road has its limit
Straight ahead keep straight ahead
I know the sermon, but I'm feeling so deserted
oh I'm feeling so deserted by you
Straight ahead keep straight ahead
I know the sermon, but I'm feeling so deserted
Ever since you threw our love away
Try to forget but I just can't kick it
Even the high road has its limit
I know the sermon, but I'm feeling so deserted
Ever since you threw our love away
Try to forget but I just can't kick it
Even the high road has its limit
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4. |
Trial and Error
04:16
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Year after year, what becomes clear
Is we're stumbling through the dark
Year after year, what becomes clear
Is we're stumbling through the dark
Call when you're here, walk beside me
I'm looking forward to talk
Forget the fear when you're near
It's late, I don't want to stop
Try try try ----- try
Trial and error
Soften your failure
Sipping a cup of tea
Trial and error
Live with your failure
Hope for some clarity
We’re stumbling through the dark
It’s all talk talk talk
Half the bottle is gone
“I don’t know where to start”
We’re stumbling through the dark
It's just talk talk talk
Half the bottle is gone
Still we have to walk
When we're older
I hope that we're closer
To closing in on our dreams
And when we get older
I suppose that we'll learn that
Nothing is as it seems
It's trial and error
Soften your failure
Sipping a cup of tea
Trial and error
Live with your failure
You don't know what to believe
We’re stumbling through the dark
It’s all talk talk talk
Half the bottle is gone
“I don’t know where to start”
We’re stumbling through the dark
It's just talk talk talk
Another bottle is gone
And still we have to walk
Do you see what I see?
Both far and near
Do you hear what I hear?
Both far and near
Do you feel how I feel?
Year after year
We’re stumbling through the dark
It’s just talk talk talk
Half the bottle is gone
“Well I don’t know what I want”
Stumbling through the dark
It's all talk talk talk
Another bottle is gone
And the sun is up
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5. |
Driving Fast
03:54
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I Greet the sunrise with the headlights
Was dreaming you were by my side
Those dreams they come within reach
They melt away with the morning
I can’t explain what I’m trying to find
I try to leave those problems behind
But I watch them crawl ahead of me
They lay a path like a prophecy
Driving fast, driving far, there’s no in between
If I’m lost keep me going, keep me company
All you want that and more for the time being
All I have, all we have, is all we don’t need
Another sign at the border line
A break and a restless mind
Can you tell me when it’s too far
I’ll beg you for a fresh start
Driving fast, driving far, there’s no in between
If I’m lost keep me going, keep me company
All you want that and more for the time being
All I have, all we have, is all we don’t need
Driving fast, driving far, there’s no in between
If I’m lost keep me going, keep me company
All you want that and more for the time being
All I have, all we have, is all we don’t need
What we don’t need
All I have, all we have, is all we don’t need
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Cherry Picker
03:17
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I’m not going to stand here
And beg you for your love
I’m not going to stand here
And beg you for your love
You promise to be honest
You treat it like a reset
Pile on the chaos
You got carried away
Started thinking
I finally started thinking
All the while I’m chasing
And it seems I’ve lost my way
I’m not going to stand here
And beg you for your love
I’m not going to stand here
And beg you for your love
You cherry pick your reasons
Now I know better
You want to keep it easy
For your one sided parade
I won’t be your side note
When you’re sorry
Been working through the highs and lows
Finally finding my way
Lay low, I kind of levitate
Trouble, I tend to gravitate
Subtle, but I wanna shout it out
Civil, this love will dissipate
Struggle, we can anticipate
Double, cause you’re nowhere to be found
I’m not going to stand here
And beg you for your love
No I’m not going to stand here
And beg you for your love
You cherry pick your reasons
Now I know better
I'm going to make it easy
I'm finally finding my way
I won't be your side note
When you're sorry
Been working through the highs and lows
Finally finding my way
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7. |
Hazy Glow
03:29
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You're tough as nails though sensitive
Too big to fail, too large to live
A real slugger with a dug out grin
Going, going, and it's gone again
At the bottom and there's nowhere to go
Loaded up you're feeling low
Feeling pointless cause you already know
At the point of letting go
Something out of left field
Hits you with a hazy glow
Hits you with a hazy glow
You're kind of cute though primitive
Try so hard, there's so much to give
Shadows move across your cigarette
Smoke and mirrors are fucking with your head
With your head
At the bottom and there's nowhere to go
Loaded up you're feeling low
Feeling pointless cause you already know
At the point of letting go
Something out of left field
Hits you with a hazy glow
Hits you with a hazy glow
You're out of you league by a long shot
You're out of your league but it doesn't really
matter, no it doesn't really matter
You're out of you league by a long shot
You're out of your league but it doesn't really
matter, no it doesn't really
Something out of left field
Hits you with a hazy glow
Something out of left field
Hits you with a hazy glow
Something out of left field
Hits you with a hazy glow
Dancing with the right feeling
Hits you with a hazy glow
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8. |
The Summer is Over
03:34
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The summer is over
It leaves me vacant
A little bit older
A little less patient
I over do it
Just to see if I can
To burn out in a fever
A sun kissed man
I didn't mean to let it go
I didn't mean to let it go
Though I did
I did my best
You gave me a taste
Oh I chase and I chase
I did my best
For one little taste
Oh I chase and I chase
The summer has ended
I’m feeling forsaken
A full speed revolver
A little bit wasted
Yeah I over do it
Just to say that I did
To burn out in a fever
I envision
I didn't mean to let it go
I didn't mean to let it go
Though I did
Yeah I did my best
You gave me a taste
Oh I chase and I chase
I did my best
For one little taste
Oh I chase and I chase
Oh I chase and I chase
Yeah I chase and I chase
Oh I chase and I chase
Yes I chase and I chase
Oh I chase and I chase
Oh I chase and I chase
Yeah I chase and I chase
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9. |
Chemical Ties
03:06
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We've got chemical ties
Trying our best to keep the balance right
Little thing til the sparks fly
Anyway, go on and set the stage on fire
We've got chemical ties
It’s so damn hard to keep the balance right
I'm not trying to test your patience
I'm not trying to play games
We're not a lost cause
Another lost cause
We're not a lost cause
We’re not that lost
Go home and pray to Jesus
Ask him if he's ignoring us
Grab fate by the wrist
Drag it in front of your therapist
I'm not trying to test your patience
I'm not trying to play games
We're not a lost cause
Another lost cause
We're not a lost cause
Another lost cause
I'm not trying to test your patience
I'm not trying to play games
I'm just asking you to hear me
Believe me when I say
We're not a lost cause
Another lost cause
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10. |
Fleck in the Blue
03:23
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We turned a corner
You turned the page
A brand new chapter
Going our separate ways
I’d turn back if you’d call
We had a love with eyes closed
Better or worse
You can't know
It's everything
Until it's nothing at all
You never you never had a doubt
You never talked about
How you could live without it
I never I never thought it through
I only think about you
What you might be doing
A twist of fortune
Another name
We can't be fixed
Inside a broken game
When you’re changing the rules
You’re looking forwards
I look for words
It’s old news
Oh it’s so absurd
It was a fleck in the blue
You never you never had a doubt
You never talked about
How you could live without it
You never you never talked about
You never had a doubt
That you could live without it
I never I never thought it through
No from my point of view
It was a fleck in the blue
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11. |
Alamo
04:16
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Head back to the Alamo
Past the trees where the piñon grows
Are you the one who's traveling through?
Cracked shells that we disown
It smells of sulfur but feels like home
Are you the one who's stumbling through?
You've got the devil's eyes
But your kiss is sweeter than his
You've got the devil's eyes
But your kiss is sweeter than his
Intelligent and shy
Promising there's more than this
You've got the devil's eyes
But your kiss is sweeter than his
Pink, white, sheer blue
The foyer smells of paint and muddy shoes
Are you the one with nothing to lose?
These lights can levitate on command
I hold on with a steady hand
We're all collectors here in a collector's tomb
You've got the devil's eyes
But your kiss is sweeter than his
You've got the devil's eyes
Your kiss is sweeter than his
Intelligent and shy
There can’t be more than this
You've got the devil's eyes
Your kiss is sweeter than his
Something between a forest and a garden
We were drunk and fell asleep on the carpet
Life felt endless in that one room apartment
Heading back to the alamo
What looks abandoned
But feels like Home
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The L.L.A. Vienna, Austria
The L.L.A. is a project that started in the US with songwriter Tim Tercero. It is now based in Vienna, Austria and has evolved into a full band with Michi Lind on drums, Daniel Hochreiter on keys/synth/guitar, Niki Brandl on bass, and Tim on vocals and guitar. ... more
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